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Asterocheres hirsutus, a new species of parasitic copepod (Siphonostomatoida : Asterocheridae) associated with an Antarctic hexactinellid sponge
Author/s | Bandera García, María Eugenia
Conradi Barrena, Mercedes López González, Pablo José |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología |
Publication Date | 2005 |
Deposit Date | 2019-12-30 |
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Abstract | The asterocherid siphonostomatoid copepod
Asterocheres hirsutus, a new species, is described from a
hexactinellid sponge of the genus Rossella Carter collected during the Polastern cruise ANT XVII/3, off
South Shetland ... The asterocherid siphonostomatoid copepod Asterocheres hirsutus, a new species, is described from a hexactinellid sponge of the genus Rossella Carter collected during the Polastern cruise ANT XVII/3, off South Shetland Islands. The distinctive features of this new species are: a female with 21-segmented and a male with 17-segmented antennules, praecoxal endite of maxillule more than four times longer than palp and the ornamentation of the posterior surface of legs 1–4. A detailed description of both sexes is presented. |
Citation | Bandera García, M.E., Conradi Barrena, M. y López González, P.J. (2005). Asterocheres hirsutus, a new species of parasitic copepod (Siphonostomatoida : Asterocheridae) associated with an Antarctic hexactinellid sponge. Helgoland Marine Research, 59 (4), 315-322. |
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